Clock mounting



Dec. 22 1925 1,566,890

. F. LUX

CLOCK MOUNTING Filed Nov. 8, 1924 INVENTOR fiezlerid' Zuz- I ATTORNEYPatented Dec. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES r 1,566,890. T NT OFFICE.

rnnnnnrox LUX, OF WATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR roLux CLOCKxMANU-rAc'rUnING COMPANY, 01* WATER/BURY, .coiinno'rrcur, 11A CORPORATION orcoir- I crocknouncrme.

Application:fileddiovember sljiszfi". ser ial No; 748,570. i

To aZZwhom it may concern; I i

Be it known that; 1,,Fnnnnnro1rLt1x, a citizen of i the United 1 States,a and a resident of Waterbury, county of New-Haven and I State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new vand useful Improvements in101001: Mountings, of which the following is a specification. v ,i aThis invention relates to clocks ,a-ndirnore particularly to an improvedform of mounting for desk clocks, and the like.

One object of this invention is to provide aclock-mountihg of the abovenature which may be manufactured at a small cost and which at the sametime will have the appearance of an expensive type of mounting. h

a A further object is to provide a device of the above naturewhich willbe simple in construction, easy to assemble, and1 very eflicient and'durable in use. y WVith these and otherjobjects in view, therehas beenillustrated onthe accompanying drawings, one form. in which theinvention may be conveniently embodied in practice. I h

1 represents a side view in elevation of the clock mounting, a portionof the casingbeing broken away for greater clear ness.

Fig. 2 member. I 1 1 Fig. '3 is a face view of the ornamental frontsupporting, plate. v h In the'p revious forms ofclock-mountings forholding desk clocks, dresser clocks, alarm clocks. and the like, theclock casings were generally housed in cylindrical cups which completelysurrounded the casings and had separate supporting legs secured thereto.These formsofmountings were quite expensive to manufacture-due to thefact that the metal had to be drawn into cup form and the," supportinglegs had to be separately attached to said cups. fact the fabrication ofsuch a clock mounting generally required ten ,or more differentoperatijonsg M a By means of the present invention the above and otherdisadvantages have been avoided; i This hasrbeen accomplished byconstructing a clock mounting in two parts which may be easilymanufactured in only one or two operations. The mounting consists of aflat front plate which may be made from a sheet of any suitable materialis a perspective view of the bracket 1 I by stamping alone,and-arear.bracket ingajlat base, integral side arms, and a sup-portlngr leg,sa d. bracket: being I readily made from; sheet metal by two operationsat.

Referring no Ltothe drawings in which.

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like reference numeralsdenote correspondnumeral 10 indicates .aQfra-mebracket or clamping member preferably formed by stamping from a singlepiece of sheet metal; The bracket member:10 comprises a central circulardisc-shaped base having three parallel integral side arms 11, which areadapted to embrace a casing 12 containing a clock movement.

The forward ends of the arms 11 are reduced to form prongs 13, which areadapt-. edto fit intoslots 14 formed. in the. pee ripheryof acentral"circular recess 15 of an ornamental front supporting plate 16 which maybe ofany desired shape andmaterial and whichrforms the front support forthe clock casing. i V i The rear of the clock-mounting is supported bymeans of a leg 17, said legforming an integral part of the bracket 10and being slightly inclined rearwardlyfrom the plane of the base of thebracket .10. The leg 17 has its extremity 18 curvedrearwardly' andbifurcated to form a pair of feet 19.

In order to secure the bracket member 10 to the casing 12, the base ofthe bracket memberlO isprovide'd with three bolt holes 20 preferablylocated adjacent the arms 11. The holes 20 are adaptedtoqreceivebolts21, said bolts having heads 22 located within the casingllZ and havingscrew-threaded ends 23 outside the casing and projecting through thebase of the bracket member, said bolts being locked in position by nuts7 .As clearly shown in Fig. 1,the base provided at its center with asmall] circular aperture 25 adapted ,to receive the'setting knob26. Thebase is also provided with an eccentrically located :circular aperture27 and an arcuatea erture 29 adapted tore ceive a winding handle 28, anda regulating pin, not shown, respectively. 7

The front of the casing 12 projects through the ornamental supportingplate 16 and has an outwardly bent flange 30 located in front of theplate 16. An inwardly bent annular bezel 31 is provided in the ingpartsthroughout the several views, the

the ornamental front plate 16' willfirst beslipped over the casing 12until it engages thejfront'fiange 30. "The bracket 10 willthen. beslipped-over the-casing until the prongs ldofthe arms 11 project intothe slots 14 and the bolts 21- extend through the bolt holes 20. Afterthe nuts 24 have been screwed up into engagement with the base 1'0, themounting will'be ready for use.

It will be understood that when the parts of" the mounting have beenthus assembled, the plate lfi and the clock casing12 will be rigidlysecured to the bracket 10', whereby said parts will be positivelyprevented from relative twisting and sliding movements which mi htotherwise be liable to occur when the ciock was being wound and at othertimes.

One advanta e of the present invention lies in the fact t at the rearend of the clockmounting maybe made at less than one-half the cost ofthe previously used telescopic cu s;

V hile' there has been disclosed in this specification one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this'form isshown for the purpose of illustration-only, and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosure but may.

be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing fromits spirit. In

short,.the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described-the invention, what is claimed as'new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. Ina clock-mounting, a casing containing a clock movement, said casinghaving a front flange, a front supporting plate surrounding said casing'and engaging said flange, a rear supporting bracket having a pluralityof arms embracing said casing, said bracket also having a depending leg,said supporting plate and depending leg being adapted to rest upon atable or the like.

2. In aclock-mounting, a casing containing a clock movement, said casinghaving a front flange, an ornamental supporting'plate surrounding thefront of said casing, a rear bracket formed by stamping from a singlepiece of sheet metal, saidbrac'k'et having-abase'adapted to be securedto said casing, and having a series of integral side arms bent at rightangles to said base for embracingsaid casing, said base also having; aleg inclined tothe plane ofsaid base for supporting the rear of saidmounting,-

' Inpaclock-mounting, a casing containing a clock movement, asubstantially vertical plate-surrounding the front of'said casing toform a front support for said mountin a rear bracket having a pluralityofsi e armseinbracing said casing, said'bracket also having an integraldownwardly extendingleg for supporting the rear of said mounting. V

4; In a: clock-mounting, a casingcontaining a clock movement,"a platesurrounding the front of said casing to form a front support for saidmounting, a rear bracket having a plurality of" side arms embracing saidcasing, said; bracket having an integral downwardly extending leg forsupporting the rear of said mounting, said plate having a plurality ofnotches uponits inner perimeter, said side arms having reduced prongs ontheir extremities for fittin into said notches, whereby saidplate will eprevented from rotatingwith respect to said bracket.

5. In a clock-mounting, a casin containing a clock movement, saidcasinghaving an outwardlyextending front flange, a substantially verticalornamental plate having a central aperture fitting around the front ofsaid casing and engaging said flange, a rear bracket having integralside arms embracing said casing, said bracket also having an integraldownwardly extending supporting leg inclined slightly from the plane ofsaid bracket.

6. In a clock-mounting, a casing containing a clock movement, means forsupporting the front of said casing, and a bracket for supporting therear of said casing, said bracket comprising a circular base having aplurality of parallel arms extending at right angles thereto forembracing said casing, said bracket also having a leg memberinclinedrearwardly thereto, and means for securing said bracket to saidcasing.

7. In a, clock-mounting, an ornamental frontplate' having a flat baseadapted torest upon a. table or other support, a bracket having aplurality of forwardly extending arms for. embracing, a clock casing,said bracket having a rear supporting leg, said arms beingnon-rotatively connected with said plate.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature'to this specification.

FREDERICK LUX.

